Julia Ravenscroft

Communications Manager

Julia joined Eurodad in October 2013 as Communications Manager. She leads the Communications Team, which is responsible for the website, social media, media liaison, publications and the newsletter. Julia previously managed the communications work of the European advocacy network Action for Global Health. She also worked for several years as a media officer for the UK-based NGO Refugee Action and is a former newspaper journalist.

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16 Oct 2020

Julia Ravenscroft

IMF-WB Annual Meetings: Strong rhetoric, weak action

As the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank draw to a close, Jean Saldanha, Director of the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) reflects on a crucial, but disappointing, week in development finance.

Debt Justice
Covid-19

13 Oct 2020

Julia Ravenscroft

Over half of the World Bank's emergency funding to tackle the Coronavirus crisis goes to the private sector

Almost 60 per cent of the Bank’s fast track Covid-19 Facility (US$ 8 billion) is being allocated through its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Publicly available information indicates that as of June 2020, 68 per cent of IFC Covid-19 projects targeted financial institutions
It also shows that 50 per cent of IFC-supported companies are either majority-owned by multinational companies or are themselves international conglomerates

Publicly-backed Private Finance
Global Processes

06 Oct 2020

Julia Ravenscroft

Over 500 organisations and academics around the world call on IMF to stop promoting austerity in the Coronavirus recovery period

Eurodad analysis shows Covid-19 ‘recovery packages’ could force tax increases and spending cuts in 80 developing countries by 2023, threatening achievement of SDGs.
59 countries have fiscal consolidation plans over next three years that are almost five times larger than Covid-19 response packages implemented in 2020

Debt Justice
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